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NLRB asserts jurisdiction over Chicago nonprofit corporation that operates charter school

  • Franczek Radelet PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2013

In a 3-1 decision in Chicago Mathematics & Science Academy Charter School, Inc. and Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers & Staff, IFT, AFT, AFL-CIO, the

Can volunteers sue for discrimination?

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • December 19 2012

In certain organizations, particularly non-profit organizations, volunteers perform services for the organization

Appeals court upholds ministerial exception for Church music director

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 14 2012

In the landmark Hosanna-Tabor case decided earlier this year, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment bars the government from interfering with the decision of a religious group to fire one of its ministers

Religious institutions update: November 2012

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 2 2012

Nearly everyone uses social media these days, from Facebook and LinkedIn to YouTube and Twitter

Computer hacking by employees of nonprofits

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 20 2012

What if a former employee downloads confidential information (such as a donor or member database, fundraising strategies, new program and service plans, and the like) from your computer system and uses it to help your competitors or others?

Pastors state claim for breach of contract against their former churches

  • Holland & Knight LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 7 2012

In Second Episcopal Dist. African Methodist Episcopal Church v. Prioleau, Case No. 11-CV-382, 2012 WL 3243190 (D.C. App. Aug. 9, 2012), the court ruled that the First Amendment does not bar a former pastor's breach of contract action against her church for failing to pay money the church admitted it owed her under the last of a series of year-long employment contracts

Religious institutions: August 2012 update

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 16 2012

In the 1990s, plaintiffs brought clergy malpractice and professional negligence claims against ministers, churches and denominations

Instructor states claim for pregnancy discrimination against parochial schools

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2012

In Dias v. Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Case No. 1:11-CV-00251, 2012 WL 1068165 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 29, 2012), a technology coordinator for two parochial schools who oversaw the schools’ computer systems and instructed students on computer use stated a claim for pregnancy discrimination and breach of contract against the Archdiocese of Cincinnati when she was terminated after becoming pregnant through artificial insemination when unmarried

Spotlight on nonprofit organizations: hazards of being a volunteer

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
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  • USA
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  • April 10 2012

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued a memorandum opinion on March 8, 2012 that may come as a surprise to those who are active in nonprofit organizations

Unpaid internships may subject employers to investigations, fines and potential litigation

  • Herrick Feinstein LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 21 2012

With summer on the horizon, employers will soon face a deluge of résumés from college students, recent graduates, and recently laid-off workers hoping to land a summer internship